This week, Joanna is mysteriously gone as Patches, David and Da7e wrap up the summer. Starting off with a discussion about a series of tweets about original summer movies from author Mark Harris and transitioning into a short list of Summer Superlatives (like the best performance). Then, since he’s basically the star of Amazon’s The Tick pilot (where he plays Arthur the sidekick), we thought it’d be great to have Griffin Newman back on the show (he was on Episode 19 back when Draft Day was out). The guys probe Griffin to get the EXCLUSIVE on his history with ticks, then some really cool information on how he ended up in this version of The Tick.

Loved the episode in itself, but it introducing me to the marvel that is The Black Check podcast is easily what makes it great. In one episode (“Revenge of the Podcast – A Conversation with George Lucas,” for those curious), I’ve fallen in love. Fighting in the War Room will always reign supreme in my eyes as the greatest film podcast, but I think I’m going to have a small love affair with Blank Check.